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type: "Bill"
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title: "Students with Disabilities in Public Schools"
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description: "Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Prohibits use of seclusion on students; revises provisions relating to use of restraint on certain students; provides DOE, school district, school, & personnel requirements; provides for placement of video camera in specified classrooms; provides requirements for such placement; requires continuing education & inservice training for teaching students with emotional or behavioral disabilities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 149"
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citation: "Florida HB 149 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-140"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-01-04"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b9bd33-8e38-40fd-a02b-a5bfcaec9c85"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2cf4118435c6840e38a35b3634b584c509c5d2bf86ff26ff36f2720855493a96"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 149 (2021) — Students with Disabilities in Public Schools
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Students with Disabilities in Public Schools; Prohibits use of seclusion on students; revises provisions relating to use of restraint on certain students; provides DOE, school district, school, & personnel requirements; provides for placement of video camera in specified classrooms; provides requirements for such placement; requires continuing education & inservice training for teaching students with emotional or behavioral disabilities.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-140.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 149 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 149 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 149 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/149/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee) — **16–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-01-20** Referred to Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee; Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee; Education and Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-01** Added to Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-03** Favorable with CS by Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-04** Reported out of Early Learning & Elementary Education Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-04** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-04** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-04** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-03-08** Referred to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** Now in Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-10** Added to Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-12** Favorable by Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-12** Reported out of Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-12** Now in Education & Employment Committee
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- **2021-03-15** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
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- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
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- **2021-03-17** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2021-03-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
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- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-13** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-14** CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-15** In Messages
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- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Received
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- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 192
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- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-26** In Messages
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- **2021-04-26** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-140
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79b9bd33-8e38-40fd-a02b-a5bfcaec9c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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